Accompanied by major entertainment figures and memories of his long career, David Letterman on Wednesday said goodbye to the US TV after three decades presenting one of the country’s most popular programs.
Letterman, 68, began his program “The Late Show” on February 1, 1982 , first in the string NBC and since 1993 in the CBS , which dismissed it by closing its 6,028 episode.
Irreverent, with a sense of humor that used to referring to his open-heart surgery in January 2000, Letterman closes his career as one of the leading figures of television in a space of tough competition .
In his latest program, it lasted until after midnight, Letterman would not give many clues about what will from now on, though he joked with the possibility of aspiring to be “the new face of the (Church) Scientology”.
dark blue tie suit, Letterman opened the program with a preamble that appears next to US President Barack Obama, who says: “a long nightmare for the nation was just David Letterman is removed”.
The intervention of Obama was preceded by recordings of Presidents Gerald Ford, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton , who also alluded to past nightmares that ended, but without added that Obama made referring to Letterman.
Supported by the leader a band that accompanied him for many years, Paul Shaffer , the TV presenter received at the theater where the program is recorded to old friends and important figures of the show.
were summoned to be told what they would have liked to tell Letterman on other occasions, and answers touched the sense of humor, on some occasions, highlighted the contribution or television presenter made into show business.
Letterman “has finally shown that men can be funny,” said comedian and actress Tina Fey , one of the who participated in the challenge.
“I’ll never have the money I owe you,” he said, for his part, actor Bill Murray, one of the “faithful” program.
> passed by figures like actors Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Jim Carey, Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, but also personalities like Barbara Walters or football star Peyton Manning stage.
The program included parts selected old episodes and a small space about was the normal working day of Letterman, but on Wednesday did not sit next to him, as on other occasions, no personality for it to be interviewed.
And in his long career on television a total of 19,932 persons have been interviewed by David Letterman, as he recalled the CBS .
The musical closure was in charge of the whole Foo Fighters, who played for him when fifteen years ago he left the operation that risked his life and suspended a tour of South America to be present in New York the occasion.
Letterman leaves an indelible mark on US television, according to local critics, with a size similar to that of Johnny Carson, his mentor, or Jay Leno, all owners of the night on US television.
will be replaced in September, when starts new season, by Stephen Colbert, who in his last program David Letterman wished him luck. He also thanked the entire team that has been supporting for many years.
“They are much better than me,” said the presenter, who had announced his intention to retire in April last year.
There was a spectacular finish. Before the Foo Fighters will take care of the musical end, David Letterman took leave of his program with the usual words: “Thank you and goodnight” .
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